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| Public Act 102-0116 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 is | ||||
amended by changing Section 5 as follows:
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(405 ILCS 49/5)
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Sec. 5. Children's Mental Health Plan.
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(a) The State of Illinois shall develop a Children's | ||||
Mental Health Plan
containing short-term and long-term | ||||
recommendations to provide
comprehensive, coordinated mental
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health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services | ||||
for children from
birth through age 18. This Plan
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include but not be limited to:
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(1) Coordinated provider services and interagency | ||||
referral networks for
children from birth through age 18 | ||||
to maximize resources and
minimize duplication of | ||||
services.
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(2) Guidelines for incorporating social and emotional | ||||
development into
school learning standards and educational | ||||
programs, pursuant to
Section 15 of this Act.
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(3) Protocols for implementing screening and | ||||
assessment of children prior
to any admission to an | ||||
inpatient hospital for psychiatric services,
pursuant to | ||||
subsection (a) of Section 5-5.23 of the Illinois Public | ||
Aid
Code.
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(4) Recommendations regarding a State budget for | ||
children's mental
health prevention, early intervention, | ||
and treatment across all State
agencies.
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(5) Recommendations for State and local mechanisms for | ||
integrating
federal, State, and local
funding sources for | ||
children's mental health.
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(6) Recommendations for building a qualified and | ||
adequately trained
workforce prepared to provide mental | ||
health services for children
from birth through age 18 and | ||
their families.
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(7) Recommendations for facilitating research on best | ||
practices and
model programs, and dissemination of this | ||
information to Illinois
policymakers, practitioners, and | ||
the general public through training,
technical assistance, | ||
and educational materials.
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(8) Recommendations for a comprehensive, multi-faceted | ||
public
awareness campaign to reduce the stigma of mental | ||
illness and
educate families, the general public, and | ||
other key audiences about the
benefits of children's | ||
social and emotional development, and how to
access | ||
services.
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(9) Recommendations for creating a quality-driven | ||
children's mental
health system with shared accountability | ||
among key State agencies
and programs that conducts | ||
ongoing needs assessments, uses outcome
indicators and | ||
benchmarks to measure progress, and implements
quality | ||
data tracking and reporting systems. | ||
(10) Recommendations for ensuring all Illinois youth | ||
receive mental health education and have access to mental | ||
health care in the school setting. In developing these | ||
recommendations, the Children's Mental Health Partnership | ||
created under subsection (b) shall consult with the State | ||
Board of Education, education practitioners, including, | ||
but not limited to, administrators, regional | ||
superintendents of schools,
teachers, and school support | ||
personnel, health care
professionals, including mental | ||
health professionals and child health leaders, disability | ||
advocates, and other representatives as necessary to | ||
ensure the interests of all students are represented.
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(b) The Children's Mental Health Partnership (hereafter | ||
referred to as "the
Partnership") is created. The Partnership | ||
shall have the responsibility of
developing and monitoring the | ||
implementation of the Children's Mental
Health Plan as | ||
approved by the Governor. The Children's Mental Health
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Partnership shall be comprised of: the Secretary of Human | ||
Services or his or
her designee; the State Superintendent of | ||
Education or his or her
designee; the directors of the | ||
departments of Children and Family
Services, Healthcare and | ||
Family Services, Public Health, and Juvenile Justice, or their
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designees;
the head of the Illinois Violence Prevention | ||
Authority, or his or her
designee; the Attorney General or his | ||
or her designee; up to 25
representatives of community mental | ||
health authorities and statewide mental
health, children and | ||
family advocacy,
early childhood, education, health, substance | ||
abuse, violence prevention,
and juvenile justice organizations | ||
or associations, to be appointed by the
Governor; and 2 | ||
members of each caucus of the House of
Representatives and | ||
Senate appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives and the President of the Senate, respectively. | ||
The
Governor shall appoint the Partnership Chair and shall | ||
designate a
Governor's staff liaison to work with the | ||
Partnership.
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(c) The Partnership shall submit a Preliminary Plan to the | ||
Governor on
September 30, 2004 and shall submit the Final Plan | ||
on June 30, 2005.
Thereafter, on September 30 of each year, the | ||
Partnership shall submit an
annual report to the Governor on | ||
the progress of Plan implementation
and recommendations for | ||
revisions in the Plan.
The Final Plan and annual reports | ||
submitted in subsequent years shall include
estimates of | ||
savings achieved in prior fiscal years under subsection (a) of
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Section
5-5.23 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and federal | ||
financial participation
received under subsection (b) of
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Section 5-5.23 of that Code. The Department of Healthcare and | ||
Family Services shall provide
technical assistance in | ||
developing these estimates and reports.
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(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2021.
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